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1 sinking
[síŋkiŋ]1.nounpotopitev, potapljanje, pogrezanje, udiranje; izdolbljenje, vrtanje; slabost, šibkost, hiranje, upadanje; economy izbris ali plačilo (dolga)in the stomach — občutek lakote, prazen želodec;2.adjectivepogrezajoč se, upadajoč; popuščajoč, slabečsinking paper obsolete pivnik -
2 sinking-fund
[síŋkiŋfʌnd]nouneconomy amortizacijski fond -
3 sinking-pit
[síŋkiŋpit]noungreznica -
4 well-sinking
[wélsiŋkiŋ]nounkopanje, gradnja vodnjakov -
5 fund
1) (a sum of money for a special purpose: Have you given money to the repair fund?) sklad2) (a store or supply: He has a fund of funny stories.) zaloga•- funds* * *I [fʌnd]nounosnova; sklad, fond, zaloga, glavnica, kapital, denar; plural državni papirji, obvezniceto raise funds — nabirati denar, ustvarjati zalogelow in funds — reven, brez denarjaII [fʌnd]transitive verbvložiti denar kot glavnico; učvrstiti, konsolidirati -
6 shipwreck
1) (the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship: There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.) brodolom2) (a wrecked ship: an old shipwreck on the shore.) razbitina* * *I [šíprek]nounbrodolom; ladja, ki je doživela brodolom; razbitine (ladje); figuratively propad, popoln zlomto bring to shipwreck figuratively pogubiti, uničitito make shipwreck of s.th. — uničiti, razdejati kajII [šíprek]transitive verbuničiti z brodolomom, pustiti, da (ladja) nasede ali se razbije; figuratively uničiti, razdejatishipwrecked slang opit, pijan; intransitive verb doživeti brodolom, nasesti; figuratively propasti, imeti (hudo) škodo; izjaloviti seto be shipwrecked — doživeti brodolom (tudi figuratively) -
7 sink
[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) potopiti (se)2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) spustiti se3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) potopiti, zasaditi4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) izgubiti pogum5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) vložiti2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) pomivalno korito- sunken- be sunk
- sink in* * *I [siŋk]noun(kuhinjski) izlivek, luknja za umazano vodo; odtok, odtočna cev, odtočni kanal; kloaka, greznica; geology kotlina; (zlasti) figuratively mlak(už)a, močvirjeII [siŋk]1.intransitive verb(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti ( into v); slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati;2.transitive verbpotopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčatisink or swim! — ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!here goes, sink or swim — zdaj gre za biti ali ne bitito sink beneath the burden — kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenomto sink all considerations — na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsegato sink an important fact — zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvoto sink into the grave — zgruditi se v grob, umretito sink one's own interests — pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičenthe old man is sinking rapidly — starček rapidno slabi, hirato sink money — vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem posluto sink the shop — ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklicto sink one's title — prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv) -
8 rescue
['reskju:] 1. verb(to get or take out of a dangerous situation, captivity etc: The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.) rešiti2. noun((an) act of rescuing or state of being rescued: The lifeboat crew performed four rescues last week; After his rescue, the climber was taken to hospital; They came quickly to our rescue.) reševanje, rešitev- rescuer* * *I [réskju:]nounreševanje, rešitev, osvoboditev; pomoč; nasilna rešitev (iz ječe, zapora)rescue party, rescue squad — reševalno moštvo (ekipa)to the rescue! — na pomoč!to go, to come to s.o.'s rescue — iti, priti komu na pomočII [réskju:]transitive verbspustiti na prostost, na svobodo, osvoboditi; rešiti, reševati, obvarovati ( from pred), priti komu na pomoč; juridically protizakonito osvoboditi koga (iz zapora); s silo si prisvojitito rescue from the hands of — rešiti, iztrgati koga iz rok (kake osebe)to rescue the market economy podpreti tržišče (trg) -
9 SOS
[esəu'es](a call for help or rescue, often in code and usually from a distance: Send an SOS to the mainland to tell them that we are sinking!) SOS* * *[ésoués]nounradiotelegrafski klic za pomoč, ki ga pošljejo npr. ladje v nevarnosti; colloquially klic na pomoč v stiski (v sili) -
10 capsize
((of a boat) to overturn, often sinking afterwards.) prevrniti (se)* * *[kaepsaiz]1.transitive verb & intransitive verbprevrniti (se), prekucniti (se) (čoln);2.nounprevrnitev (čolna) -
11 water level
(the level of the surface of a mass of water: The water level in the reservoir is sinking/rising.) nivo vode* * *[wɔ:təlevl]nounstanje, nivó vode; vodna tehtnica, libela
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